A/N: thank you guys so much for everything! It's been real fun writing this story,not sure when I'll be writing the next chapter because I'm kinda working on another fic at the same time. So as far as whether I'm putting Glinda in the story, I haven't yet decided but I promise that I will do it as soon as I can.
Emerald city at last
Having such an eventful journey,Stephanie finally saw the gates if the emerald city a few miles away. Running toward the city,she was followed by the others who were out of breath once they arrived at the gates.
"Okay,now that we're here,how do we get in?"asked Micky the lion
"Why are you askin' me?"asked scarecrow Mike "Do I look like an information booth?"
"Well,no but I figured somebody would know."said Micky the lion
"Hey fellas,what about ringing this bell?"asked Peter the tin man
"Go ahead Steph,ring the bell."said scarecrow Mike
"Does it have to be me?"Stephanie gulped "Can't one of you do it?"
"I'll do it."Micky the lion quickly volunteered
Walking over to the rope,the lion started ringing the bell very loudly,until someone finally opened up a little doorway in the gate.
"Okay,okay whose been ringing the bell?"
Doing yet another double take the second she saw the gate keeper,Stephanie recognized him as Davy just like she did when she first met the mayor.
"So,which one of you have been ringing my bell?"asked gatekeeper Davy
"That would be me."said Micky the lion
"Well knock it off."said gatekeeper Davy "I heard you the first time."
"Excuse me if you please,but we were wondering if we could come in and see the wizard please."said Stephanie
"Sorry but,the wizard's very busy right now if you can come back tomorrow I'm sure he'll see you then."said gatekeeper Davy
"Now hang on a minute tiny,can't you see this poor girl is in need of the great wizard's guidance?"asked scarecrow Mike
"Look I only work here,so I don't make the rules."sighed gatekeeper Davy
"It couldn't hurt for you to bend the rules just this once."said Micky the lion
"Please?"added Peter the tin man
"Okay,but if I lose my job over this,you'll be in a lot of trouble."gatekeeper Davy sighed
Opening the gate and letting them inside,Stephanie thanked Davy the gatekeeper with a kiss upon the cheek. While in the middle of walking through the city,the lion commented about everything being the color green.
"I don't get why everything is green."said Micky the lion "Couldnt they have used other colors?"
"I kind of like it this way,kind of reminds me of my corn fields."said scarecrow Mike
"I thought you would have said something about the green wool hat upon your head."said Peter the tin man
"Why are you wearing a wool hat?"asked Micky the lion "Its not like its winter or anything."
"I'm not like you're typical scarecrow ya see,I aint never liked them straw hats so one day I found this hat lying around and decided that it suited me much better."said scarecrow Mike
"Oh."said Micky the lion
"That does make a lot of sense."Peter the tin man nodded in agreement
Thinking that they were about to start fighting again,Stephanie walked on ahead towards the front doors of the castle. Knocking upon the door,she and the others waited for an answer. Waiting a few minutes,there was no answer so Micky the lion suggested they leave.
"Guess no one is home."Micky the lion sighed
"Hang on,lets try knocking again maybe they didn't hear."suggested scarecrow Mike
"I'll knock."said Peter the tin man
Banging his head against the door, Stephanie the scarecrow and lion pulled him away before he gives himself a headache,or ends up breaking the door. When they pulled the tin man away, the door suddenly opened,with a loud creaking sound.
Hesitating about going inside,Stephanie,the scarecrow,lion and tin man locked arms and walked inside together.